Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-31
EASTERN TOURISTS.

EASTERN TOURISTS.
How Sacramento Entertains Excursion
+, lists From the East.
At4P NJ. yesterday there arrived IN TINS
city from San Francisco train OF eleven
cars filled with Eastern excurslonlsts,
under the management of Raymond q
Whitcomb. They stayed over night, and
leave this morning for the East so as to
take in the grand scenery of the Sierras,
Cape Horn and Blue Canyon. The party
numbered $50 people, who have been doing
the southern portion of the State, sixty OF
whom have made tour of Mexico. MOST
/ of the party halls from Boston, but few
are from New York. Captain L. b. Han,
| President of the immigration ASSOCIATION I;
| P. (. Plat, Dr. G. l.. Simmons. n. u. Ride
out 7. ]. Urquhart and Colonel James
McNasser met the excursionists at DAVIS
vile and escorted them to this city. On
their arrival at the depot they found
LONG LINES OF CARRIAGES IN WAITING
For them, and the entire party were driven
| throughout the city. They traversed the
main thoroughfares, were shown the peau-
tiful residences on (, f, 6, ID, l, }, b, l., Nj,
n, o and ? streets, were driven out to
Agricultural Park, to Suffers Fort, through
the Capitol Park to the Pavilion, the Bell
Conservatory, and came to halt at the
Crocker Art Gallery. They were presented
with bouquets and floral pieces along the
route and at the Bell Conservatory.
The excursionists, both ladies and gentle
men. were loud in their praise OF Sacra-
mento city, and said it was the most beau
tiful place in its residence portions they
had ever beheld. The flower gardens, we'll
kept lawns. and floral and citrus displays
were unsurpassed. They said This must
be delightful place to live; it certainly is
city of happy homes The visit to the
Art Gallery completely surprised them
presented something to them unexpected,
something far superior to anything pos
sessed by cultured Boston," Their stay
at the gallery was necessarily brief, as they
had only a moments glance at what they
would like weeks to inspect.
They were enthusiastic in praise of the
generous
HOSPITALITY OF OUR PEOPLE,
Which placed at their disposal elegant
turnouts, the property of our private citi-
zens, and of the intelligent class of indi-
viduals who showed them around, and did
the honors in such a pleasing and agree
able manner. The off-hand, generous style
of Sacramento's citizens disarmed them of
all formality. They at once felt that they
were in the hands of their friends, and
governed themselves accordingly. One lady
remarked: Your beautiful city, and its
many elegant mansions, its cozy cottages,
its wide, well-shaded avenues, its wealth of
flora, is only eclipsed by the kind treatment
we received from its good-looking, kind and
considerate gentlemen" 1t is needless to
say that this speech from Boston girl "
struck home, and she did not lack for
escorts and particular attention from the
sterner sex during her brief stay.
AT the Bell Conservatory, in addition to
a handsome bouquet, each tourist was pre-
scented with handsome Autograph SOU
venir, in the center of which was basket
of flowers, such only as can be produced in
Sacramento. 1t was gotten up in fine bris-
toll card, with gold-beveled edges, with the
usual attachments of silk cord tassel etc.
On the face appeared the following:
Mountains to guard and to shield us,
Oceans to sing at our feet;
Is not his land of the sunset
Temptingly lovely and sweet?'
A SOUVENIR,
Presented March 80. 1887. Compliments of the
Bell Conservatory Company, Sacramento, Cal.
10 the NleluDtTS Vi Tic " hHllCOulO
Excursion Party: When you return to Northern
California to live (as you surely Will. and have
purchased your land, remember the place to
buy your fruit and ornamental trees and shrubs,
garden, greenhouse and bedding plants roses.
bulbs, etc, etc.
On the reverse side of the souvenir ap-
peared the musical programme for the con-
cert given by the Hussar Band in Capitol
Park, commencing at 7:30 P. NJ.
Capitol Park is undoubtedly one of the
finest public parks in the Union, and the
immense lawns and terraces, with their
beautiful and well-trimmed carpet Of green
interspersed
WITH THE FLORA OF EVERY CLINE,
And trees from every zone, never appeared
to a better advantage than it did last night,
brilliantly lighted as it was by electricity.
The Capitol building was lighted up
from basement to dome, the State Library
and State officers rooms were all thrown
open and the visitors most cordially re-
ceiyed in each.
The concert music was of rare sweetness,
the park filled with several thousand peo-
pie, the wealth, youth and beauty were
out in full force, the evening warm and
pleasant, and the visitors most thoroughly
delighted. Many of them expressed them
selves as being better pleased with what
llCl SdN III lnlo lily anu lnt tItdlIIcuL
they received at the hands of this people
than anything they had beheld or expert
enced since leaving their Eastern homes,
and only regretted that they had not cut
their visit short in Los Angeles and spent
more time at the Capitol City.
SALE OF BUILDING LoTs.-D. J. Simmons
& Co. announce that they will sell at auc-
ton on Tuesday, April 9Th, at IL A. NJ, on
the premises, two fine lots at Seventeenth
and F streets, being lots l and 2 Of the
block between F and G, Seventeenth and
Eighteenth streets. They Will be SUBJ
divided into two lots so by so and two 40
by 100. The sale will be positive and terms
easy.
WARREN PosTs BALL.-Turner Hall was
well filled last evening on the occasion of
the ball given by Warren Post, No. 81, G. A.
r., and the dancers Upon the floor-mostly
young people-were as numerous as could
comfortably be accomm odated. The pro-
gramme of dances was well selected, the
music excellent. and all present appeared
TO be having fine time.
Mass MEETING.-A citizens mass meet
ing is announced for tomorrow evening,
at Hail. " SOuoluNA INC ludCllNlbN
of the State Board of Education in regard
to the publication of the State series of
school text books" Citizens generally are
invited to attend
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